MAMMALIA. 
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^oiisisstg ixx gj ^ 
ydio^v, the Proportions of fine short underfur, and long coarse grooved piles, some 
^Pecially i 0no , q ieis ’ ^eluding nearly all the longest, very dark-brown. These piles are 
. ^ the terminal U r° P ar t of the hack, where some are as much as 2 inches in length. 
>0 yond the extrenfit’ 1011 ^' G * on gest, piles is rounded, hut they are more or less flattened 
G ° arse hair, the tai'P i°^ s ^ 01 ^ und erfur. The feet are well clad above with short 
Unl .V clafi. ai las sp ort bristles between the scales. The ears appear to have been 
Xl J e long anterioi- ^ttle from those of some Calcutta specimens of N. blytliiana. 
ft ^ tl ~ «> ■™. narrower, and more slit-like posteriorly, the 
>u t the difference & m ° ais * s narrower and the upper surface of the skull rather more arched, 
ll,l y aierelv + i ai e very small. The fur is much longer than in the Bengal rat, but this 
u It i s impossible t SUlt a c °I c I er climate. 
^UauaUy s ho rt [% ° ^ ^ trustworthy dimensions from dried skins; the tail appears 
^ ^ e 8okict blytl • U l ^ le vertebrae are not preserved. The size is apparently the same as that 
the Ivash]^’ ^ arc ^ m J ana - The skull agrees best with the latter, and to this 
v i H 16 adult skull 5 fi U *° mi * s re I erre d by Dr. Anderson. The following are dimensions 
ly tittle rlnm.x „ &uied in PI. Xa. The sex is not marked on the specimen, but I feel 
e doubt m - ri - ^ a - The sex is not marked on the specimen, but I 
’ a er examining the skin, that the animal was a male. 
-Length fro 
ibeadtli an™ cci phal plane to end of premaxillaries 
X)°, of ; S . Z ^tic arches ..... 
Do. 0; f ^ | 1an behind posterior termination of zygomata 
D 0 , n 011 f re gion where narrowest between orbits . 
T ul - muzzle 
J - jeriO'f i . „ 4 > • . , 
2 £&*"*"*• 
•Length of bon ^ ° secou d m °l ar (teeth not measured) . 
length of I a a ^ e Lcliind incisor teeth to opening of posterior nares 
Bis tance fl n ° rpalatil ‘ 
I. 
Lie foramina 
° m aa terior upper molar to 
incisor 
We. 
this 
length of 
breadth of )r n u PP er molars at insertion in jaw 
Length of ni . ' V.', JC ^ Ween anterior upper molars 
Height to or.,' 1 *• , ° H'° In condyle to symphysis 
Leogp, of C ° ronoid Process J " 
Awo ^tn 0 V” TOmo1 ™ : : : 
b t0 J)l ‘, Anders 
Metre. 
•0465 
•027 
•017 
•006 
•0075 
•0135 
•016 
025 
•0105 
•015 
•009 
•0045 
•031 
'018 
•008 
Inches. 
1-83 
1-08 
0-67 
0-25 
0 30 
0-53 
0 - 63 
1 - 00 
0 - 43 
0’60 
038 
0-18 
1 - 25 
0-72 
0-33 
llu 'us are reom I' " vnaei ‘son, Nesolcia blytliiana is chiefly found in Bengal, although some 
from u,e N ®* h - w 
The ^ eso7i: ia i s 
est. Provinces. A. barclayana is found in the North - 
as I am aware, 
^ O II t] <r gy, . - 0' A " L V ' ' 1 ' 1 j 'il . 
liv inr ;? ia Bengal procured from holes 
b 111 holes in +i ls frequently found in houses, although it is essentially a burrower, 
in fields. Nesokia blytliiana abounds in 
--*inces, No t! i.unn- vvesi jL iovinces. . uaf uwyw/ia is iouj 
°I Neaoksl . 1C1R Central India and Sind, besides Kashmir. So far 
1S onl y found in the damper parts of Sind close to the c 
lf >ught from Srinagar comprise three adults marked as obtained in houses, 
tnens pr< 
eSi »«4-ouJ re 
\\ . 31 N ®okia soullti. PL Villa; PI. Xa, fig. 2. 
»■»«, C: P - *• *• B., p. 80. 
I,V due and silk° n f! ,0ve ’ H^ht rufescent, brown or fawn colour; below, dirty white. 
y> ackish-grev at the base, and for two-thirds of its length above, the 
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